Joe Pug plus Kip Kelly| Friday, January 24 , 8 p.m. | Doors open at 7 p.m.
Tickets: $26 members; $30 not-yet-members; $15 students (13+)
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A singer-songwriter known for his lyrical acumen and plaintive harmonica style, Joe Pug dropped out of college and moved to Chicago where he worked as a carpenter before breaking into the city’s music scene. Since 2008 he has released a string of critically-acclaimed albums and toured heavily in the U.S. and abroad. Paste Magazine wrote of his music: “Unless your surname is Dylan, Waits, Ritter or Prine, you could face-palm yourself to death trying to pen songs half as inspired."
He has toured with Steve Earle, Levon Helm, The Killers, Justin Townes Earle, Sturgill Simpson, and many others. He has appeared at Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, and The Newport Folk Festival. His music has appeared on NPR’s “Prairie Home Companion” and “Mountain Stage”. His music has been released by Lightning Rod Records, which features an alumni roster of Jason Isbell, Billy Joe Shaver, and James McMurtry.
Additionally, he is the creator and host of the popular podcast The Working Songwriter.
Kip Kelly is a local songwriter to the Tampa Bay Area, originally from the Midwest. Fans of Guy Clark and Hayes Carll will immediately identify with his approach to heartfelt and well-crafted music. Kip writes about what's real- and it shows in his songs.
In 2019, Kip entered and won a local songwriting contest judged by Austin’s Sam Baker and Nashville’s Rod Picott earning him a spot in the St.Petersburg Songwriter’s Festival along side some of Texas’s finest songwriters. Kip has recently opened for Slaid Cleaves and Rod Picott and has begun working on recording his first record.
